Paul Farmer

Dr. Paul Farmer, director of Partners in Health and subject of Tracy Kidder's novel "Mountains Beyond Mountains," comes to Stanford and gives some advice for the college generation...

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[loupdeville]

Hey BigPurple121,

How are you? If you get the chance, read Mountains Beyond Mountains (a book about Paul Farmer) or Pathologies of Power a book by Paul Farmer. To put it mildly, he is a very cool guy. You might change your mind about him and you might even want to get involved in some sort of human rights activism.

[giovannidosgato]

i just read Mountains beyond Mountains and i'm recomending it to all my friends

[blueagle165]

@giovannidosgato Im reading mountains beyond mountains, and im 13 :)

[WillisL94]

I disagree with him on certain issues, but he is undoubtedly a great man. I am angry however that my high school made Mountains Beyond Mountains a mandatory summer read. It was a good book, but the choice was obviously politically influenced.

[ummhea]

I love nonfiction. You can read the book, go, this guy is so amazing, and you can go and research more and watch videos, etc etc!

[mikimiki1010]

I read mountains beyond mountains. I wish I had half the initiative that he does. Of course, part of the books message is that whatever my abilities, I should strive to make the world better. Its an exhausting yet uplifting message

[agaizzle12]

i'm reading this book for college for an orientation seminar...this is an amazing book & an amazing man...i try so hard to change the world little by little and he has inspired me to try even harder =]

[tdwhitney]

OMG - like, you are such an f'ing baby. STFU and read the book. Maybe you'll learn a thing or two. Paul Farmer has done amazing things for the world.

[tdwhitney]

You are a child.

[ilyak13]

Me too!

[harpoonsteve]

Paul Farmer is what all human beings should strive to be, a true humanitarian

[CoolDude8675309]

I have to read Mountains Beyond Mountains for summer reading for college. Omg, I'm on part 3 and so far the book has been so fucking tedious and boring.